Shock: Clinton Confidant & Fundraiser Terry McAuliffe under federal investigation for campaign contributions

[Acebb]

Those darn conservatives just keep making the Clintons look bad!

RICHMOND, Va. — Virginia Democratic Gov. Terry McAuliffe is the subject of an ongoing investigation by the FBI and prosecutors from the Justice Department’s public integrity unit, U.S. officials briefed on the probe say.

The investigation dates to at least last year and has focused, at least in part, on whether donations to his gubernatorial campaign violated the law, the officials said.
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Among the McAuliffe donations that drew the interest of the investigators was $120,000 from a Chinese businessman, Wang Wenliang, through his U.S. businesses. Wang was previously delegate to China’s National People’s Congress, the country’s ceremonial legislature.

“Neither the Governor nor his former campaign has knowledge of this matter, but as reported, contributions to the campaign from Mr. Wang were completely lawful,” said Elias.

Wang also has been a donor to the Clinton foundation, pledging $2 million. He also has been a prolific donor to other causes, including to New York University, Harvard and environmental issues in Florida.

 

[Acebb]

Just yesterday:

[h=4]SUN, MAY 22, 2016, 3:30PM – 5:30PM[/h][h=3]Afternoon with Terry McAuliffe[/h]

"Contributions or gifts to Hillary for America are not tax deductible."

So-Sorry-935&

 

[Willie99]

I'm not an insider, I can't be because I'm a woman

fucking idiots

 

[Acebb]

He is the former chairman of the DNC.

The Dems frontrunner is under FBI investigation and so is her 20+ year friend and former DNC chairman.

What a swell political party they are running!

 

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McAuliffe and the Clintons have close ties going back years

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McAuliffe helped the Clinton's get a mortgage to buy their home in Chappaqua, New York

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McAuliffe and Bill Clinton team up at a campaign event in Virginia in 2009 before McAuliffe sought office

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McAuliffe raised campaign cash for Hillary as recently as yesterday

 

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The Clinton Foundation is just getting started, if she gets elected they will have to build bigger banks just to hold all the money they will extort from every country on this planet.

 

[superbeets]

The very same guy who


Virginia Governor Restores Voting Rights to Felons

APRIL 22, 2016


WASHINGTON — Gov. Terry McAuliffe of Virginia used his executive power on Friday to restore voting rights to more than 200,000 convicted felons, circumventing the Republican-run legislature.


Most are African-Americans, a core constituency of Democrats, Mr. McAuliffe’s political party.


Experts say with the stroke of his pen, Mr. McAuliffe has allowed convicted felons to begin registering to vote, and that their voting rights cannot be revoked — even if a new governor rescinds the order for future released prisoners.
But the move led to accusations that the governor was playing politics; he is a longtime friend of — and fund-raiser for — Hillary Clinton, the likely Democratic nominee for president, and former President Bill Clinton.

 

[SheriffJoe]

He is the former chairman of the DNC.

The Dems frontrunner is under FBI investigation and so is her 20+ year friend and former DNC chairman.

What a swell political party they are running!

Corruption and thievery as far as the eye can see at the expense of millions of hardworking taxpayers - this is the Democrat way.

The Democrat Party is a commie criminal enterprise.

 

[busterhyman]

mcauliffe uses executive power to circumvent legislature-sounds familiar-but can't remember where i have heard this before

 

[superbeets]

EXCLUSIVE: Video footage showing Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe and Chinese billionaire Wang Wenliang at Hillary's house revealed as FBI probes campaign donations

Footage obtained by MailOnline shows Terry McAuliffe (top) and Chinese businessman Wang Wenliang (below) separately entering a fundraiser at Hillary Clinton's D.C. home in 2013. McAuliffe has said previously he doesn't know if he's ever met Wang, and he wouldn't recognize him 'if he sat in the chair next to me.' CNN reported this week that the feds were investigating campaign contributions linked to Wang to McAuliffe's gubernatorial campaign. McAuliffe's lawyer says federal officials have never brought up campaign finance.



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[superbeets]

[h=1]EXCLUSIVE: Video footage showing Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe and Chinese billionaire Wang Wenliang at Hillary's house revealed as FBI probes campaign donations[/h]

• Footage shows McAuliffe and Wang entering Clinton's home separately for 2013 fundraiser
• Both men spent more than an hour there and left the event after dark
• McAuliffe said this week he wouldn't know Wang 'if he sat in the chair next to me.'
• The two men shook hands at the event, a source told Time Magazine this week
• CNN reported Monday that federal investigators were probing $120,000 in contributions a subsidiary of Wang's company made to McAuliffe's campaign
• McAuliffe's lawyer says there is no evidence of wrongdoing and the feds were focused on statues governing lobbying on behalf of foreign governments – not campaign fundraising
• The governor blasted the 'leak' of information about the investigation
• Wang pledged $2 million to the Clinton Foundation and is believed to have close ties to the Chinese government
• McAuliffe is a longtime friend Bill and Hillary Clinton's, chaired fundraising for her failed 2008 campaign and run the DNC

By GEOFF EARLE, DEPUTY U.S. POLITICAL EDITOR FOR MAILONLINE.COM
PUBLISHED: 21:19, 26 May 2016 | UPDATED: 21:34, 26 May 2016



Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe may not recall ever having met Chinese billionaire businessman Wang Wenliang, but he certainly spent some time inside the same well-appointed home – as exclusive footage obtained by Daily Mail Online reveals.
Both men can be seen walking up to the front door of Hillary Clinton's home off D.C.'s Embassy Row on September 30, 2013, according to video footage obtained by a 'tracker' who was filming guests who attended the event.
Both men also appeared in a CNN report Monday that the FBI and the Department of Justice were investigating McAuliffe's campaign finances, including $120,000 in campaign contributions linked to Wang.



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It's a party: Wang Wenliang also arrives at Clinton's home for a fundraiser in 2013

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The fundraiser took place shortly before McAuliffe was elected governor. His attorney says federal officials never mentioned anything about campaign finance

The footage, obtained by anti-Hillary opposition research group America Rising, shows the two men arriving separately to attend the big bucks fundraiser.
Wang can be seen walking up the sidewalk toward Hillary's home, accompanied by an entourage. McAuliffe can be seen getting out of a black SUV and walking into the funder.
A couple hours after arriving, the men left separately after dark and were escorted back into their vehicles.
Time magazine reported this week that McAuliffe had invited Wang to the fundraiser, and a Wang representative told the publication that the two men shook hands at the event.
McAuliffe this week blasted federal officials for leaking the apparent investigation.
'I was somewhat shocked when this got leaked, he said in a Wednesday radio interview. 'It is very unfortunate that our institutions of integrity like the Justice and the FBI would leak information. They should be held to a higher standard.
Earlier, he disputed whether he even had met Wang, who obtained a position in the Chinese People's Congress and whose firm got contracts to constructive the Chinese embassy in D.C.
Rilin Enterprises, the firm Wang runs, made a $2 million contribution to the endowment of the Clinton Foundation in 2013 to aid the foundation's charity efforts.

'This has nothing to do with the Clinton Foundation,' McAuliffe said this week.
'This was an allegation of a gentleman who gave a check to my campaign,' McAuliffe added. 'I didn't bring the donor in. I didn't bring him into the Clinton foundation. I'm not sure if I've ever met the person, to be honest with you. I know the folks who worked in his company. It had nothing to do with he Clinton Foundation.'
Later, McAuliffe said his staff had informed him that several meetings with Wang, a legal resident, had likely occurred.
'I did no deals,' McAuliffe said Wednesday. I would not know the man if he sat in the chair next to me.'
Wang gave $500,000 to the Clinton Foundation within weeks of the fundraiser in D.C.
McAuliffe, who previously ran the Democratic National Committee and headed fundraising for Hillary Clinton's 2008 campaign, has hired James W. Cooper, a partner at the law firm Arnold & Porter, to represent him in the matter.
Cooper told The Washington Post that federal investigators 'for whatever reason' got interested in McAuliffe's foreign sources of income from the time before he got elected governor in early November of 2013.
'All of this income is from the governor's time as a private citizen and businessman who did deals that were well publicized around the world. So the fact that he had foreign income was not remarkable,' Cooper told the paper.

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McAuliffe and the Clintons have close ties going back years

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The former Democratic National Committee chair appeared on NBC's 'Meet the Press' last April

Federal statutes require agents of foreign governments disclose any work they do to try to influence U.S. government policy.
Cooper's well-established firm lists his expertise as being white collar defense, crisis management, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, and other complex litigation. He is a former Justice Department attorney.
He told the Post federal officials hadn't mentioned anything to him about the Clinton Foundation or Wang.
'I don't know if there was ever an investigation about Mr. Wang's lawful contribution,' he said. 'They have not mentioned anything about corruption in office. They have not mentioned anything about campaign finance.'
The investigation has already taken a toll on McAuliffe's prolific fundraising. On Thursday he pulled out from June fundraiser for former Ohio Governor Ted Strickland, a top Democratic Senate candidate.
'I told him I didn't want any distractions for him. He's got a critical Senate race,' McAuliffe told reporters.

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McAuliffe was first to arrive, followed by Wang

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Longtime Clinton aide Huma Abedin is seen entering the event at Hillary's house

The original CNN report cited anonymous sources who said investigators are looking at McAuliffe's campaign financing, including a $120,000 contribution from companies affiliated with Chinese Wang.
According to a 2015 Washington Post report, West Legend Co., a New Jersey affiliate of Rilin Enterprises, gave contributions to McAuliffe's election campaign and inauguration totaling $120,000.
Rilin has spent heavily on lobbying, and also owns a strategic port along the border with North Korea, in addition to constructing embassies around the world.
Forbes has put Wang's net work at just over $1 billion.

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McAuliffe helped the Clinton's get a mortgage to buy their home in Chappaqua, New York

China expert Jim Mann told CBS in 2013 that the embassy contract pointed to close government ties, since a top priority in embassy work is attention to national security.
In 'embassy construction, one of the most important tasks is making sure that there are no bugs there,' he said at the time. 'So you want to have the closest security and intelligence connections with and approval of the person or company that's going to build your embassy.'

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McAuliffe and Bill Clinton team up at a campaign event in Virginia in 2009 before McAuliffe sought office

Wang also served as a municipal official in Dandong province in China.
The U.S. Justice Department has declined comment 'as a matter of policy.'
The Dandong Port Company disclosed lobbying fees of $120,000 during the first three months of 2013. Agencies that got lobbied included the State Department, for 'Selected Visas for visitors to U.S.,' according to Senate lobbying records.


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[superbeets]

Yet another scandal from the scandal plagued campaign of Hillary Clinton. She is going to need additional closets for all of her skeletons.

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